Location-based network device operation
AssigneeAruba Networks, Inc.
InventorsVigneshwara Upadhyaya, Gopakumar Nambisan
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to location-based network device operation. For example, a non-transitory machine-readable medium is described that stores instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to provide network permissions to a network device joining a network; responsive to acceptance of the network permissions, propagate a location policy to the network device; and modify an operating mode of the network device based on the determined location and the location policy.
Claims15
A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- provide network permissions to a network device joining a network;
- detect a plurality of operational capabilities of the network device;
- determine a location of the network device within a range of the network;
- determine a location policy for the network device based on the location of the network device and the operational capabilities;
- responsive to acceptance of the network permissions, propagate the location policy to the network device;
- and
- modify an operating mode of the network device based on the determined location, the determined operational capabilities, and the location policy, by modifying an operational setting on the network device to disable network transmissions from the network device.
(canceled)
A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- detect a network device within a range of a network controller;
- provide network permissions to the network device responsive to a request from the network device to join a network provided by the network controller;
- determine, by the network controller, a location of the network device within the range of the network controller;
- detect, by the network controller, a plurality of operational capabilities of the network device;
- identify, by the network controller, a location policy for the network device based on the location of the network device and the operational capabilities;
- and
- propagate an operating mode of the network device to the network device based on the location policy.
(canceled)
A method, comprising:
- discovering a first network device within a range of a network;
- obtaining user information responsive to the first network device accepting network permissions of the network;
- identifying, by a second network device on the network, a plurality of operational capabilities of the first network device;
- identifying, at the second network device, a location policy based on the operational capabilities;
- identifying a location of the first network device within the range of the second network device;
- and
- propagating the location policy to the first network device based on the user information and the location of the first network device, wherein the location policy modifies an operational capability of the first network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.